air-tight

Speech parts

1. air-tight - Noun

2. air-tight - Adjective

3. air-tight - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

air tight

Synonyms

airtight gas-tight hermetic seal tight sealed invulnerable impermeable indisputable watertight gastight hermetical pressurized dripless hermetically sealed
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Antonyms

vulnerable loose porous frail permeable absorbent
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Examples

an airtight defense Source: Internet

an airtight argument Source: Internet

Anchored by an offense led by Tim Kerr (98 points) and Brian Propp (97 points), the Flyers finished fourth in goals scored and third in goals allowed as Mark Howe and Brad McCrimmon led an air-tight defense ahead of All-Star netminder Pelle Lindbergh. Source: Internet

Because it was an air-tight environment, the scientists hoped to find body in good condition, with well preserved clothing, soft body tissue, hair, fingernails and toenails. Source: Internet

I’m not looking for air-tight reasoning — just something coherent and half-way intelligent. Source: Internet

The driver escaped uninjured after about 2½ hours in the air-tight cab. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

air-surface air-swimming fish air-temperature thermometer air-tightly air-to-air air-to-air missile